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General Forum Rules
*** If you have any Questions about any of these Rules, See Rule 23 ***1. Liability
As stated in the registration Page the Administrator, Moderators, Webmaster, the forums owner or any of the subsidiaries, of this web site are not liable for any post made by people in this forum, for what ever reason. The Purpose of this forum is for people to express their opinions about the topics in this forum. Please keep mind these are opinions; everyone has a right to their opinion no matter how you, I or anyone else feels about the subject.
If you feel you cannot deal with criticism from other people, then you don’t believe in your position/Opinion (on the topic in question) strongly enough or you take yourself way too seriously either way relax or get over it.
The reason for this is plain and simple we do NOT want to hear about how someone’s post, hurt your “feelings”, “beat up your inner child” or any of those other BS excuses. This forum is about discussing and exchanging ideas, feelings and “Ranting” about what gets you fired up, hacked off, or downright “pissed”. So if something on this site makes you upset then write about it or reply to the message. That is the reason this forum was created.
a. As a Member of the Rant4ALL.com forum you remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries, with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). We reserve the right to reveal your identity, IP Address (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
2. Age requirement
If you got this far, you realize, You Must be 16 to enter this forum, this site or any part of Rant4All.com. If it is found that you have registered on this Forum and are under 16 years of age, you will be banned until you become 16 and can prove it.
There are too many legal issues with Minors that is why this rule is in place, we don’t need or want the hassle from the ramifications of having minors post or transmit information on our site.
3. User names
Do not duplicate anybody's nickname, signatures and try not to duplicate avatars. Make or find your own. You may not take the name of someone outside the community, such as names or nicknames of game developers, moderators of other communities, and so on. It is strictly prohibited to impersonate someone else.
4. Inappropriate language
Please try to refrain from using excessive profanity in your posts. Please, let the censor do what it is intended to do and don’t try to undermine it.
5. Illegal material/ Actions
Do not post links to sites that contain illegal material or discuss where or how to obtain illegal material (i.e. where to get illegal (pirated) warez, cracks, MP3’s or Movies etc.). Do not post magazine, book scans or any other copyrighted material as your own give credit to the people that wrote it. Do not make threats to other people in your Posts. This may include but are not limited to threatening someone’s life, to do bodily harm, or destroying/stealing their property, etc… This is prohibited and will result in being permanently banned.
Discussions about how to perform activities that are illegal in the US are also prohibited.
Posts that are threatening to other People will be subject to scrutiny and if deemed necessary, Will be reported to the Law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction, whether it is federal, state or Local Law enforcement.
6. Obscene/Violent material
You may not post obscene material. This includes text, links and/or images that are violent, disturbing, or pornographic.
7. Flaming
Please keep insults (or "flames") in the context of the current post/forum also known as “on Topic” and do not be excessive only flame people as needed. Don’t insult Members about previous posts they have made. (Flaming includes calling people names, insulting them, or saying offensive things to them.) Do Not Flame someone excessively; in most cases it is not necessary. Do not be abusive, or threatening with your “flames”.
Note: Under NO Certain terms will insults that are threatening pertaining to Race, Religion, or Creed be tolerated.
This forum IS for everyone… Insults about the band Creed are acceptable.
If you have any Questions about this, Please refer to section #5 and know the consequences of your actions!!!
8. Post counts
Do not post threads about how many posts, post status, or rank that you or a fellow member has. This will result in your own post count being dropped to zero.
9. General posting habits
a. Threads and posts must be placed in their appropriate forums: check out the forum description before posting your message and make sure they are “on Topic”.
b. Before posting a new topic, do a search of the forum to see if there is already a recent topic or thread on the subject. If there is already a thread similar to what you’d like to post, feel free to read it and post a reply in the existing thread.
Note: that sometimes the search function is disabled, so do your best without it.
c. Be specific when you name topics. This will help in topic searches and aid in preventing someone from posting something that has already been posted.
d. Try to stay on topic. Discussion is a good thing and is encouraged, but if what you have to say deviates a lot from the topic, do not post it in that thread. Consider starting your own thread instead. This is a matter of respect to the thread starter.
10. Spamming/Chatting
Spamming is strictly prohibited. Your post needs to contribute to the discussion or the topic.
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Do not post messages that do not pertain to the topic. This is spamming and is not allowed. Your posts should contribute to the thread.
You should not be able to look up at your screen and see that the majority of topics or messages on a page were just created or posted by you.
Chatting is speaking in a light, familiar way and includes informal talk or one sentence posts like “yeah I agree.” Chatting is considered spamming and will be dealt with accordingly in the Rant4all boards. However, it will be tolerated to in the Speak-Easy Pub. Please remember that Off-Topic forums (such as Speak-Easy) are for off-topic discussion, not “no-topic” discussion. The staff will lock blatantly spam type threads at their discretion.
Note concerning "chatting": posts made in chatting/”chatspeak” will not be tolerated on the boards. This is a forum, not IM and even less a cell phone so please make an effort to use proper English. We are quite aware that everyone can make grammar and spelling mistakes and nobody is going to pick on you for that. SMS/Chatting however is a deliberate choice and not a lack of knowledge or a mistake. Members who post in chatting/chatspeak will be warned and if they do not remedy the situation, they may see their posts edited/deleted at moderators' discretion.
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11. Bumping
Please do not make posts or double post, simply to move the topic back up to the top of the forum. This is called ‘bumping’ and is not allowed. If people have something to post on that topic, they will. Be patient when waiting for replies and don't worry if you don't get a response right away. People will see your Post and eventually reply to it. Someone some where has to either agree or disagree with you or what you have to say.
12. Editing/deleting moderator warnings
If a moderator edits one of your posts, do not erase or re-edit that post unless you have the permission of the moderator. If you disagree with a warning or disciplinary measure, do not ask or bring it up in the thread. Contact either a moderator or the administrator to discuss the issue and express your concerns.
13. Thread/post deletion
The thread deletion feature has been turned off due mainly to the fact that it allows everyone to delete other people's posts made in the deleted thread. You can ask a moderator to close your thread. Moderators may or may not approve the closure request and is at their discretion.
While you can delete your own posts, do not delete them if a moderator or admin has edited your post for a disciplinary reason. This will result in more disciplinary actions and Moderators “will" notice deleted/edited posts.
14. Multiple accounts
Multiple accounts are not allowed. Accounts are controlled by a combination of Username and email address. You must also use a valid email address when registering. The reason multiple accounts are not allowed is because they can be used for Spamming, chatting, as well as many other rule violations.
15. Moderator applications
You can put in a request to be a moderator by asking a current moderators or administrator. We will let you know. Don’t hound current Moderators about being a moderator, once is enough.
16. Re-registration after a ban
You may not re-register after receiving a ban. If you re-register after you are temporarily banned, you will be banned permanently. If you keep re-registering, you will be IP banned.
17. Signatures
In the interest of saving bandwidth for your fellow posters please follow these rules.
Max File size: 80 KB
Max Dimensions: Width 500 pixels x Height 150 pixels
Max Images: 3 total. The total file sizes and dimensions cannot exceed the previous rules. All together the images cannot total more than 80k in size, 500 pixels wide and 150 pixels high.
Bulletin board code (BBC) can be used to add markup to forum messages. For example, to highlight the word 'house' you can type
house. All Bulletin board code tags are surrounded by square brackets ('[' and ']').
Note that signature images can be added in the user control panel with the [IMG] tags:
BBC:
[IMG]my_imagelink_url[/IMG}
Signatures that do not comply with these rules will simply be edited or deleted as per staff discretion.
18. E-mail addresses
For your own privacy and security, do not post your e-mail address in the forums. If you want somebody to contact you personally, then please use the Private Messaging system built into the forums, or turn on the option allowing other users to send you e-mail in your profile.
19. Advertisement
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information in the forma of a "cookie" (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies,
click here.
• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. For more information on Google’s Privacy Policy,
click here.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
a. Please do not make posts or threads about other websites in an effort to direct traffic to them. Discussing them is one thing directing traffic to boost your ratings in a search engine is another. This generally is not tolerated on any forum. You may include links in your signature (subject to normal signature rules), but you may not advertise in your posts.
You may not spam the Private Message (PM) mailboxes of other members.
20. Cookies
We use cookies on this website for authentication purposes only.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small chunks of data created by a web server, delivered through a web browser, and stored on your computer. They provide a means for websites that you visit to keep track of your online patterns and preferences, as well as identify you as a return visitor. Cookies make the personalization of your web experiences possible, so that you do not need to re-enter your information from scratch upon each visit to a given website.
We serve a cookie from our website when members log in to member-only pages, so that they can navigate those pages on the site. A randomly-generated anonymous identifier is assigned to that cookie to enable this process.
21. Spoilers
• All threads containing major spoilers for anything Movies, Books or even Video Games must be identified by typing the word SPOILERS (bold & capitalized) in the title of the thread. This will let People who haven't seen the movie or read the book know they might see something they don’t want to, so the story or movie isn’t spoiled for them. Do not post spoilers in thread titles.
• Posts containing spoilers must use spoiler tags, so that the text containing the spoiler is blanked out. The code for the spoiler tags is:["spoiler"]This is where the Spoiler Text Goes[/spoiler]( remove the Quotes on the first Spoiler)
BBC:
This is where the Spoiler Text Goes
Now, you have no excuse not to use those tags.
22. Topic Requests
Please PM one of the Moderators or myself if there is a topic you would like to see added to the forum.
23. Other
The most important rule of all: Use common sense. Don't be stupid.
This is a wonderful rule that covers all the loopholes.
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Penalties
Multiple accounts and impersonating someone else
The penalty for having multiple accounts is an immediate permanent ban. Do not create a new account if you've been banned. You will also be banned for impersonating someone else.
Penalties for spamming, cussing, and excessive flaming
A person who flames, spams, or uses excessive foul language will first receive a public warning in the thread in which any of these offenses occurred. The staff, at its sole discretion, may also take any other appropriate measures.
If the person does not comply, he/she will be given a final warning via private messaging.
If the person continues their excessive flaming, cussing, or spamming, he/she will be temporarily banned.
If it goes on after that the person is too stupid to have an account and will be permanently banned.
Spamming may also result in the reduction of the user's post count to zero.
Penalties concerning illegal activities and obscene material:
If the person posts links to pirated ROM sites and/or warez sites, the post will be edited and the person will be warned. If the person does it again, s/he will be banned temporarily.
Any user posting pornography will be banned without warning.
Any User Posting threats to other people, will be banned and if necessary Law enforcement will be notified.
Other offenses
A person will generally receive two public warnings. The staff, at its sole discretion, may take other measures. If someone continues to ignore the rules, that person will be sent a final warning in a private message. If the member continues to break the rules after the final warning, she/he will be banned.
The staff reserves the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread or post for any reason.
Finally: If you witness someone breaking these rules, don't try to play moderator yourself. Instead, help the moderators by using the 'report post to moderator' link in the lower right hand corner of each post. Please use it only to report posts that are in violation of the rules.
Specific forum rules
In addition to the general forum rules, here are some guidelines and rules that apply to some specific forums:
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I. Entertainment (Story) Forums:
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• Fictional Stories
1. This forum is for creating your own story, Newspaper Article, or Book.
You can write about any Subject as long as it does not violate any of the Rules of this site.
(No Porno stories or hack and slash stories)
• Real Stories
1. This is where you can tell Actual Stories. If you are stating things as Fact Please Support these facts.
Providing Proof of the facts should be from the actual source not from 3rd parties
a. Time, location of quotes and by who made the quotes
b. Links to Sites that support your facts
c. Articles from Magazines, Newspapers, or books (please give credit to the person(s) that wrote the article)
2. All stories Found to be False will be edited, deleted or moved at a moderator’s discretion.
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II. Off Topic forums
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• Speak-Easy Pub
1. This is the Place for all “off topic” Discussions. Not “No Topic” discussions.
2. Some chatting is permitted but don’t make it excessive
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Please Check these rules from time to time they can and will change periodically.
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